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Care workers forced to take unpaid leave if they have to self-isolate or have coronavirus – Unison

By Alan Jones, Reporter15th June 2020News England

Workers in care homes and other parts of the sector are being forced to take unpaid leave or survive on statutory sick pay (SSP) if they have to self-isolate or

Woman whose father died launches court proceedings over Government handling of Covid-19

By Tom Pilgrim, Reporter12th June 2020News England

A woman whose 88-year-old father died in a care home is launching High Court proceedings over the Government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. A lawyer will lodge legal papers on

Questions for Johnson as NAO confirm 25,000 discharged into care homes at height of pandemic

By The Press Association12th June 2020News England

Boris Johnson is facing renewed questions over his efforts to protect vulnerable care home residents from coronavirus after Labour used a new report to claim the sector was an ‘afterthought’

Quarter of social services chiefs say hospital patients were released to settings lacking PPE

By Jemma Crew, Reporter12th June 2020News England

Around a quarter of social services directors said hospital patients were discharged to places without enough protective equipment or where they could not self-isolate amid the coronavirus pandemic, a survey

Coronavirus-hit care home in Skye still causing concern, court told

By The Press Association11th June 2020News Scotland

Concerns remain over the operators of a coronavirus-hit care home in Skye that could have its registration suspended, a court has been told. Roddy Dunlop QC appeared via video link

Opposition MPs fail to overturn ‘disproportionate’ emergency Covid-19 child protection changes

By Sophie Morris, Elizabeth Arnold and Richard Wheeler, Reporters11th June 2020News England

MPs have voted to keep emergency coronavirus regulations linked to vulnerable youngsters despite warnings they introduced a “significant” relaxation of protections. Shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey (pictured) said the Government’s

Coronavirus death toll ‘could have been halved if UK entered lockdown week earlier’

By Nina Massey, Reporter11th June 2020News England

The number of deaths from coronavirus could have been halved if lockdown was introduced a week earlier, an expert who advised the Government on restrictions has said. Neil Ferguson, professor

Care home coronavirus guidance ‘like trying to construct furniture with missing piece’

By Jemma Crew, Reporter11th June 202011th June 2020News England

Trying to understand the Government’s guidance on support for care homes and infection control measures has been like “trying to construct a piece of Ikea furniture with a piece missing”,

Minister forced to backtrack on claim policies were to blame for high rate of care home deaths

By Tess de la Mare, Reporter9th June 2020News England

A minister has become embroiled in a row after apparently saying that policies blamed for the high rate of Covid-19 deaths in care homes were based on scientific advice. The

Coronavirus outbreak’s impact on BAME communities to be assessed by experts

By The Press Association9th June 2020News Scotland

An expert group is to be established to study the effects of Covid-19 on minority ethnic communities in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has said. The First Minister announced the move as

Tag: Coronavirus / Covid-19

Woman whose father died launches court proceedings over Government handling of Covid-19

Questions for Johnson as NAO confirm 25,000 discharged into care homes at height of pandemic

Coronavirus-hit care home in Skye still causing concern, court told

Coronavirus death toll ‘could have been halved if UK entered lockdown week earlier’

Care home coronavirus guidance ‘like trying to construct furniture with missing piece’

Minister forced to backtrack on claim policies were to blame for high rate of care home deaths

Coronavirus outbreak’s impact on BAME communities to be assessed by experts

Calls for ‘huge reform’ of hospice care as hundreds of beds shut due to lack of funding

Newly-appointed Covid corruption chief to ‘leave no stone unturned’, Reeves warns

£715 million spent on scrapped Rwanda deportation scheme, breakdown reveals

Cooper pledges to ‘restore order’ to migration as 20,000 cross channel since election

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Tag: Coronavirus / Covid-19

Care workers forced to take unpaid leave if they have to self-isolate or have coronavirus – Unison

Woman whose father died launches court proceedings over Government handling of Covid-19

Questions for Johnson as NAO confirm 25,000 discharged into care homes at height of pandemic

Quarter of social services chiefs say hospital patients were released to settings lacking PPE

Coronavirus-hit care home in Skye still causing concern, court told

Opposition MPs fail to overturn ‘disproportionate’ emergency Covid-19 child protection changes

Coronavirus death toll ‘could have been halved if UK entered lockdown week earlier’

Care home coronavirus guidance ‘like trying to construct furniture with missing piece’

Minister forced to backtrack on claim policies were to blame for high rate of care home deaths

Coronavirus outbreak’s impact on BAME communities to be assessed by experts